Montgomery-Labette County KS Archives Biographies.....FLORA, Clarence Morton April 22, 1868 - November 28, 1924OK ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ks/ksfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Bill Boggess billboggess@webtv.net January 23, 2006, 5:25 am Author: Bill Boggess CLARENCE MORTON FLORA (1868KS-1924OK), "....was born near Liberty, Kan., [Wednesday] April 22 1868." according to Oklahoma City's "Daily Oklahoman" obituary, page#5, 29 November 1924. ("Liberty" didn't exist then, ---- to be correct it was Verdigris Township, Wilson County, Kansas with 1870 Post Office Montgomery City. Afterwards, Verdigris City & Montgomery City were combined and named Liberty, which was moved east to be on the new railroad in 1871.) Clarence, 27, of Oswego, Kansas first married to Pearl E Sawyer, 19 of Cherryvale, Kansas, daughter of 1880 councilman N B Swayer, in Cherryvale 27 October 1895, who may have died for he is then married by S S Estey to Stella L Cavert, 22, 6 December 1898, at her parents home, Mr & Mrs J G Cavert, in Independence, Kansas 1900 census has him "Merchant --- Tailor", married to "Della" (Stella) (1876KS-1926OK). He and Bob Kincaid, s/o 1st Mayor of Cherryvale, Honorable C C Kincaid (), had Independence Shirt Co. and by 1902 he owned his own shirt factory. They had two known sons, Carl Morton (1904KS-1973WI), Clarence Cavert (1906KS-1998OK). Family moved "Flora Shirt Company" to Oklahoma City, in 1911 (formerly Indian Territory since 1828, 46th state created 16 November 1907), where both were active in civic and church affairs, he a deacon of First Presbyterian church. Clarence died 1924, Stella in 1926, both are at rest at Fairlawn Cemetery, Oklahoma City. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ks/montgomery/bios/flora115bs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/ksfiles/ File size: 2.1 Kb